St. Johns County Cultural Council, the county’s designated local arts agency, periodically reports upcoming cultural events to local Historic City News reporters for the benefit of our readers.

St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys updated Historic City News reporters on this weekend’s entertainment options along Florida’s Historic Coast.

Florida President Sherron Long is requesting that Historic City News readers who value arts, culture, zoos, music, theater museums, or history, to help restore line items that would support state arts and cultural grants in Florida’s 2011-2012 budget.

Jay Bliss, Port and Waterway Commissioner, provided Historic City News readers the following executive summary from the March 2011 meeting.

Public Relations Director Meghann Gibbons announced to Historic City News that Georgia Aquarium, which purchased the historic Marineland attraction on January 3, 2011 for a reported $9.1 million, has launched a new name and new logo.

The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.

With the return of the two marble lion statues from which the city’s 84 year-old Bridge of Lions derives its name, Historic City News readers welcomed home two of its most famous icons in the predawn hours this morning.

The message heard by Historic City News reporters and scores of people driving by and walking in the Plaza yesterday was that good schools matter to everyone.